يُقاتِلُني عَلَيكَ اللَيلُ جِدّاً

وَمُنصَرَفي لَهُ أَمضى السِلاحِ

The night battles me so hard for your sake

The night battles me fiercely for your sake,

And I who take up arms for it spend all night awake

And my departure is its keenest blade.

لِأَنّي كُلَّما فارَقتُ طَرفي

بَعيدٌ بَينَ جَفني وَالصَباحِ

For when my eyes move off of you for just a blink

For whenever you vanish from my sight,

So far, far off are they now from the break of day

Vast is the distance between my eyelids and the dawn.